fixated

[fik-sey-tid]

adjective

1. Psychoanalysis.,  arrested in emotional or sexual development.

   To me, he still seems stuck at the stage of an orally fixated toddler.

2. fastened or held in one place.

   An unstable dislocation, often due to loose ligaments, is more problematic than the fixated type of joint dislocation.

3. aimed or directed in one place.

   He looked up at me with the fixated stare of a strangled fish.

4. focused on by the eyes.

   Given a constant distance between the two eyes, the location of the fixated point, where the lines of sight of the two eyes meet, can be computed.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of fixate.

Other Word Forms

• unfixated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fixated¹

fixate + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

It seems as if he's become fixated on it.

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I’m somebody that gets very fixated on a piece of clothing — if I find a shirt I like, I wear it every day.

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The network has comically fixated on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s recent diss of Miller, to the amusement of the New York Democrat.

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Lawyers for Park had claimed Mr Ferns was "fixated" with him and said that Park had been forced to move house as a result, however that was also not confirmed.

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Suddenly, everyone is fixated on congressional boundaries, for which we can thank our voraciously self-absorbed president.

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